Word: tested
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...crowd did not come. At the first session, the room was less than one-fourth filled; at another session only four of the committee's 23 members were present. Was this a true test of the public's attitude? Did indifference mean that the U.S. public, except for vocal minorities, was completely sold on the idea? Opinion polls have shown that most U.S. citizens now-while the war is still on-favor compulsory peacetime training...
...Assembly. The General Assembly will be the focus of talk and of hope -but not of power. In it each nation, great or small, has one vote. In this fact lies the Assembly's importance by the test of equality and its weakness by the test of power reality. A majority vote in the Assembly might be made up of nations which, at a showdown, could not enforce their will on any one of the Big Three...
...Test of Lyttelton. Many Britishers, even politicians and businessmen, were not yet aware of the immediate seriousness of the problem of getting back into business and increasing British exports. Said London's Economist last week...
...propaganda shows, Quinn says, "We have better audience reaction, we get more fan mail, our Crossley [listener rating] goes up." His explanation: listeners are already interested in the subjects. To test the program's pull, Fibber & Co. were given exclusive rights to one OWI plug, an appeal for merchant seamen. The War Shipping Administration said that "responses doubled the next...
...composition is still secret, but it is known to be an organic chemical with a surface tension only half that of water. Its lower tension makes it adhere better to metal and rubber surfaces, thus displacing the water. In a spectacular test an automobile motor was sprayed by hose until the motor died. When PiB was brushed on, it insinuated itself between the water and the metal, thus in effect "dried" the electrical system and allowed the motor to be started. In other tests electric motors have been operated under water after being coated with PiB. A coating lasts...